The six seniors SDSU will honor before Wednesday night’s game against Air Force:

Chase Tapley 6-3 G

Perhaps no player has come to epitomize SDSU’s sudden basketball success more than the shooting guard from Sacramento High. He might not catch D.J. Gay’s school record of 105 career victories (Tapley is at 100), but he figures to become the only player in school history to play in the NCAA Tournament all four seasons. He ranks in the Top 5 of SDSU career lists in points, 3-pointers, 3-point percentage, steals and games played. He is one of two active players nationally with at least 1,400 points, 350 rebounds, 250 assists, 150 steals and 50 blocks.

James Rahon 6-5 G

The Torrey Pines High alum transferred after his freshman year at Santa Clara, sat out a season and played his final three at SDSU. He has struggled through injuries in his last two, a chipped bone in his foot last season and a sprained shoulder this year. He’s a career 1,000-point scorer (1,078), eighth on the SDSU list in 3-pointers made (123) and eighth in victories (75). This season he ranks fifth nationally in fewest turnovers per 40 minutes (averaging one every 66:26). His younger brother, Joe, plays at Boston College.

DeShawn Stephens 6-8 F

Hard to believe he never played varsity basketball at Chatsworth High in the L.A. area. But he also hadn’t had a late growth spurt that got him on the team at Santa Monica College before transferring to SDSU as a junior and becoming a starter as a senior. His career high is 18 points last season against San Diego Christian, but maybe his most memorable game came against USD, also last season, when he had 16 points and nine rebounds off the bench in an SDSU win after trailing 14-2. He has shot 50 percent or better 45 times in his two seasons and is 13 of 14 in his last three games.

Narbeh Ebrahimian 6-3 G

Transferred from Glendale Community College last season to study kinesiology and walked on, showing up for open tryouts two hours early and waiting in a dark arena so he wouldn’t be late. He appeared in eight games last season but not just garbage time usually reserved for walk-ons. With only nine scholarship players (and sometimes only seven healthy), he was at times part of the regular rotation. In his two years at SDSU, he has appeared in 15 games for a total of 75 minutes and, true to his ethos, has yet to record a turnover.

Jeremy Castleberry 5-10 G

Few players in the program are a bigger fan favorite, with 12,414 at Viejas Arena singing his name late in lopsided games and beseeching Coach Steve Fisher to put him in. He is best friends with former Aztecs star Kawhi Leonard, having played with him at Riverside King High and sharing an obsession with the sport. Fisher talks about his high basketball IQ, which allows him to run multiple offensive sets on the scout team without flaw. Fisher put him on scholarship this season.

Aaron Douglas 6-1 G

He played a season at Cuyamaca College, where was named Most Improved Player for 2010-11. He has spent the last two seasons on the scout team impersonating opposing guards and is the highest scoring of SDSU’s current walk-ons this season. He has played in five games and scored in three of them, twice making 3-pointers. In eight total minutes, he has eight points and is shooting 75 percent (3 of 4).

SDSU vs. Air Force

Site/time: Viejas Arena/8:30 p.m. Wednesday.

TV/radio: Time Warner Cable SportsNet/600-AM, 101.5-FM.

Records: SDSU is 20-8, 8-6; Air Force is 16-11, 7-7.

Last meeting: Air Force won 70-67 after SDSU’s 2-of-19 effort on 3s and a pair of free throws from Kamryn Williams on an iffy call with 19 seconds left. Xavier Thames did not play, and Chase Tapley couldn’t shoot with a badly sprained right wrist.

Aztecs outlook: You can thank the Mountain West and TWC SportsNet for the late tip. When The Mtn folded, the league sold off regional TV rights with no apparent stipulation about tip times. Six seniors will be honored before the game, but this also could be last Viejas appearance for junior Jamaal Franklin, whom many think will enter the NBA Draft. He remains the only player in the nation who leads his team in scoring, rebounding, assists and steals. In the first meeting, the Falcons were 8 of 18 on 3s in the first half alone, including three straight by Todd Fletcher. The Aztecs dominated inside, though, with 15 offensive rebounds and a 38-20 edge on points in the paint. The Aztecs are 7-0 in their last seven Senior Nights by an average of 14.9 points. They also have won 14 straight and 57 of 58 at Viejas Arena against unranked opposition. Barring some crazy results, SDSU is looking at the 4 or 5 seed in the conference tournament.

Falcons outlook: After a 5-2 start, they are 2-5 and coming off a 56-41 loss at last-place Fresno State in which they shot 27.9 percent. And now they’re playing at an arena where they’ve lost seven straight and against a team hungry for revenge that has had a full week to prepare. It’s also Recognition Week at the Academy, a busy and at times strenuous week where freshmen cadets are finally recognized as upperclassmen. Thanks to a career-high 45 points against Colorado State, senior G Michael Lyons leads the MW in scoring (18.1 ppg) and is fourth in field-goal percentage (.472). Fletcher leads the MW in assist-to-turnover ratio at 3.35. As a team, the Falcons are shooting a conference-best 47.8 percent but allowing opponents to shoot 44.3 percent (only Nevada is worse).